Establishing the geotechnical category through analysis of difficult soils - a proposed procedure
Establishing the geotechnical category through analysis of difficult soils - a proposed procedure
Establishing the geotechnical category for a site is an important result of the geotechnical investigation process. According to it, the design and execution characteristics are established, which directly influence the costs of a construction. The most influential factor in establishing the geotechnical category is the type of foundation ground, specifically if this is considered as difficult soil. The procedure developed in the paper involves the analysis of such difficult soils; thus, for each individual borehole, the type of difficult soils is established, based on the geotechnical properties determined by field and laboratory tests. Depending on the foundation solution, although the soils where the future construction is to be founded may be part of the category of difficult soils, it is possible that they will not negatively influence the way of execution or exploitation of the future construction. As a result, the score given to this risk factor can be reduced, thus reducing the final score for establishing the geotechnical category. This paper presents a detailed procedure to allow the standardization of setting the geotechnical category for several types of constructions and geological areas, intending to optimize the method of establishing the geotechnical category and the geotechnical risk.
Emilia Milutinovici ; G. Dragomir; Daniel Mihailescu
18th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ECSMGE2024)
C - Risk analysis and safety evaluation
Contact Information
- Secretary General - Dr A M McNamara
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: +44 20 7040 8154
- City, University of London
- Northampton Square
- London EC1V 0HB. United Kingdom